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User Manual

Optical CWDM Power Meter OCPM-18

TheFibers Inc. A-1109 Keumkang Penterium IT Tower, 282

Hagui-ro, Dongan-gu, Anyang-City, Korea Tel: +82-31-381-6108 Fax: +82-31-381-6109 Email: sales@thefibers.com Http://www.thefibers.com

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1. Introduction OCPM-18 is developed to measure exact power and frequency adoptable to the various network conditions. This instrument is portable and made to be appropriate to the outside environment.

1.1 Main Functions - Works as a typical power meter - It is compact in size and lightweight for excellent portability - OCPM-18 is easy-to-use testing instruments for optical fiber network - Provide linkage with various wavelength network - Can use the existing charger - Adopter color LCD - Saves/ Stores measured data

1.2 Standard Accessories Accessories Quantity

Power Meter Body (included Battery) 1 EA

Body Rubber Case 1 EA

USB Data Cable 1 EA

Typical 5-pin Charger 1 EA

Software CD 1 EA

User Manual 1 EA

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1.3 Optical Standards

- Wavelength

Parameter Unit Specification

Range nm 1270-1610

Number of Channels 18

Measuring Wavelengths nm 1270/1290/1310/1330/1350/1370/1390/1410/1430 1450/1470/1490/1510/1530/1550/1570/1590/1610

Wavelength Resolution nm 20

- Optical Power

Parameter Unit Specification

Range of display dBm +10 ~ -40

Accuracy dB ±0.5dB @ -20dBm

Resolvability dB 0.01

Measuring unit dB / dBm - Optical Connector Optical connector interchangeable adapter. FC, ST, SC, LC 1.4 Specifications - Input voltage : 1250mAh 3.7v - Electricity consumption : MAX 0.2A - Power Supply : Rechargeable Lithium-Polymer Battery

- Weight : 250g - Width : 77.9mm - Height : 154.9mm - Thickness : 35mm

- Display size : 2.8 inch - Operating Temperature : 0℃ ~ +50℃ - Guaranteed time of operating : 600 minutes when fully charged - Relative Humidity : 10%~90% RH from 0 ~ 40℃

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1.5 About the charger A rechargeable battery is installed inside the measuring instrument, and this charger module has the Ministry of Information and Communication standard 5 pin charger phot. When the charger module is connected to the measuring instrument, the circular picture on the connecting part points to the bottom of the instrument. [ Typical 5-pin Charger ] -Charging conditions :

LED Color Action of LED Conditions for battery charge

Red ON The charger module is in charging mode.

Green ON Charge complete. ※ Caution - Do not allow battery to short circuit. - Keep the battery away from fire. - Never dismantle, change structure of distort the battery. - Do not dip the battery in water or other liquid. - Do not store the battery in places warmer than 60 degrees Celsius. - Do not drop or give a shock to the battery. 1.6 Warranty OCPM-18 you bought is passed our all inspection and then is shipped to the customers. TheFibers give you a warranty for one year from the buying date. During the warranty period, the returned product by freight prepaid from the customer, TheFibers will provide repair and replacement for any defective product without additional charge which is needed to repair or replacement. However please careful that the following are expressly NOT COVERED under warranty: ▪ Any loss, damage by using un-approved Battery and AC Adaptor ▪ In case the serial or warranty sticker is removed ▪ Failure to use products under abnormal operating conditions ▪ Any loss, damage by user fault ▪ Any damage by disassembly without permission

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2. Getting Started 2.1 Explanation of user interface and operating keys

Key Function

Backlight

Power ON/OFF

PM

Power Display

CWDM

Scanned dB value of the wavelength is represented as a data.

SCAN

Wavelength is scanned and dB value is represented.

dB/dBm

Each time you press the key, dB and dBm are repeated.

▲

Up arrow

Graph

Scanned dB value of the wavelength is represented as a graph.

Recall

Store

ENTER

Enter

Save

Data Save

ESC

Cancel

▼

Down arrow

MENU

Set up and Data delete

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2.2 Screen Information 1) Power ON / OFF

- Is used to turn the instrument power on and off. If you press the (Backlight) button for more than 2 seconds, the logo shown below appears and it moves to ‘Power Meter’, which is the basic channel.

- Press the (Backlight) button for more than 2 seconds to turn the power off.

2) Power Meter

- Power Measurement is divided into ‘Auto’ and ‘Manual’. If you select 'Auto', the largest value are shown after the measurement.

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- Use the arrow keys to different values can be found.

- 'Manual' is the wavelength of the desired user is used to determine the value of dBm.

- In the above screen , click (PM) button, will write the wavelength to be measured.

And click (Enter) button.

- If you want to re-select ‘Auto’, click (PM) button. 3) CWDM

- Depress the (CWDM) button, then the display will show as the figure below.

- If a screen shows asking for a channel selection, input the channel you want and press the (Up arrow)

and (Down arrow) key.

- Pressing the (dB/dBm) key alternately shows the ‘dBm’ and ‘dB’.

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4) SCAN

- If you press the (SCAN) button, The selected wavelengths are scanned. 5) Graph

- If you press the (Graph) button after scanning, a graph screen like the one on the right show.

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- If you press the (Graph) button again it returns to text mode.

6) Recall

- Press the (Recall) button to access the menu that calls the measured result of optical power for each channel in the form of text.

- Press the (Enter) button to select the data you want, the data saved are displayed.

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7) Save

- This saves the currently displayed value, and All text and graph modes are savable using the (save) button.

- When you press the (save) button the following message shows and asks the name of the Data to be

saved, and the data based on the current data and time is saved if you press the (Enter) button. 2.3 Menu

If you press the (Menu) button, it changes to a screen where you can configure the operating environment of OCPM-18.

- The menu consists of ‘SCAN SET’, ‘Select Lambda’, ‘Off Set’, ‘Auto Power Off’, ‘Time Set’, ‘Data Delete’, ‘Data Format’, ‘System Info’, ‘Scan Display’, ‘SCAN Mode’ and ‘Threshold’.

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1) Scan Set

- If you press the (Enter) button after selecting ‘Scan Lambda Set’, a set up screen for ‘Scan Lambda Set’ shows up. As the channel values that users mainly use are provided in the above screen, it is easy to set up the channel value that the user wants.

2) Select Lambda

- If you press the (Enter) button after selecting ‘Select Lambda’, you can select the channel that you want. If you then press the ENTER button, it changes from OFF to ON.

3) Off Set

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- If you press the (Enter) button after selecting ‘Off Set’, you can set up dBm value and the optical power value on the screen.

- You can set the ‘Off Set’ by pressing the ESC key and ENTER.

4) Auto Power Off

- The power automatically goes off if the user does not input any key in the determined time.

- If you press the (Enter) button after selecting ‘Auto Power OFF’, you can set the Auto power off time in minutes.

- You can set the time by pressing the (ESC) key and (Enter) button.

5) Time Set

- If you press the (Enter) button after selecting ‘Time Set’, you can set the today date and current time.

- You can set the time by pressing the (ESC) key and (Enter) button.

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6) Data Delete

- If you press the (Enter) button after selecting ‘Delete Data’, you can delete the data.

- If you press the (Enter) key after choosing the data you want to delete, message appears on the screen.

- If you press the (Enter) button, it is deleted from the memory.

7) Format

- You can delete all saved files by formatting the transportable memory.

- If you press the (Enter) key after ‘Format’, message appears on the screen.

- If you press the (Enter) button, all files are deleted from the memory.

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8) System Info

Generates information about the equipment.

9) Scan Display

- ‘Scan Display’ consists of ‘All’ and ‘Measured’. This can be selected using , the arrow keys .

- If you choose the ‘All’, from 1270nm to 1610nm values of 18 wavelengths are output. - If you choose the ‘Measured’, the value of the wavelength to be measured are output.

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10) Scan Mode

- The ‘Scan Mode’ consists of the ‘Auto’ and ‘Manual’. This can be selected using , the arrow keys.

- If you choose the ‘Auto’, when selecting ‘CWDM’, shows the real time changing values.

- If you choose the ‘Measured’, when ‘SCAN’ and selecting ‘CWDM’, shows the values.

11) Threshold

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- You can change the baseline.

- ‘– 30.00dBm’ is the default setting.

- If you press the (Enter) button after selecting ‘Threshold’, you can set the baseline.

- Baseline changes can be found at the graph screen.